Live Thread: Republican Presidential Debate in Jacksonville, FL on CNN 8 P.M. EST

Thursday, January 26, 2012 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Hosted by Wolf Blitzer at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Candidates: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul.

Word is the audience will be "allowed" to participate.

Livestream here.

[ez]

Newt fights back to a draw...that was close.

[tcrlaf]

“Tell me they didn’t stack the audience with fake Mitt supporters.”

Ok, I won’t...
But it is.

[Cato in PA]

Romney’s condescending, ultra-fake tone is making my blood boil. He’s EXACTLY like Obama.

[topfile]

It is my hope that Mitt gets destroyed tonight.

Amen!!

[Rome2000]

Oh boy, here come the geniuses from Miami

[Right_in_Virginia]

Well..I lasted 22 minutes.

I can’t stand listing to Romney.

TBS here I come.

[Pravious]

“Why does Mittens sound like a 12 year old stomping his feet?”

Because he feels that because he was a Governor for 4 years and has a mountain of money that he should be given the Presidency as well.

[onyx]

Romney has a stacked audience. He successfully dropped Rubio’s name.

Rubio really helped Romney. Dammit it all.

[dragnet2]

Funny how they try to tell all immigration isn’t an issue, yet the debate has been nothing but immigration....

Open borders and endless immigration free for all, will eventually kill America.

Here is the white leadership conference questions...I mean Hispanic.

[Jane Long]

Hey, McRomeny....when was English mandated as the official language?

[donna]

Newt is selling the southwest to illegal aliens.

[CatherineofAragon]

You and me both, brother.

[Leep]

I don’t know if its true or not but I heard are economy is not doing so good? Probably just a rumor going around.

[Thane_Banquo]

“I don’t think that was my ad, but I’ll take a look.”

Loser doesn’t even know what ads he’s running.

[Longbow1969]

Mitt has good comeback. Newt is losing this one, unfortunately.

Unfortunately, this is a weak area for Newt. On immigration and, more particularly, this strange concern about the deportation of old Hispanic grandmothers, Gingrich sounds too much like Perry - which is exactly the issue that helped kill his campaign. Hate to say it, but the chameleon is winning the debate on this particular subject.

[CASchack]

Mitt is projecting, just like the Dems.

[rodguy911]

I wasn't going to get into it but it was 38 million illegals in 2005 no telling what it is now.James T. Walsh: Illegal aliens:Counting the uncountable.Read it.

[pulaskibush]

Michelle Malkin@michellemalkinReply

Romney: "Our problem is not with 11 million illegal alien grandmothers." #cnndebate

[freemarketsfreeminds]

Blitzer also slimed Gingrich with “ghetto” question. This debate has been completely set up.

[Leep]

our economy